hipped
hipped¹
Definition
hipped (hipt)
adjective
- having hips of a specified kind slim-hipped
- having the hip dislocated: said esp. of horses, cows, etc.
- Archit. having a hip or hips a hipped roof
hipped²
Definition
hipped (hipt)
adjective
- Now Rare melancholy or depressed
- ☆ Informal having a great, often excessive, interest; obsessed: with on hipped on movies
Etymology: < hyp(ochondria)
hipped*
Synonyms
hipped
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- dormer: The change of levels, hipped dormers and valleys made the roof a complex project and a challenge for the roofer.
- roof: Three tie beams support a hipped slate roof with a cross mid-way along its length.
- structure: The roof is a hipped gable structure hung with russet tiles.
- gable: Garden front presents a range of 3 hipped gables.
- wing: Early C19 hipped wing to rear, bowed to west ( garden ) front, with 3 full height large sash windows with keystones.
Modifying Another Word
- slightly: The surface building consists of a rectangular windowless concrete blockhouse with one corner cut out and a slightly hipped roof.
Browse dictionary entries near hipped
- Hipparchus
- hipparch
- HiperMAN
- HiperLAN2
- HiperLAN/1
- HiperACCESS
- HIPC Initiative
- hipbone
- hip-shooter
- hip roof
- hippety-hop
- HIPPI
- hippie
- hippo
- hippo-
- Hippo Regius
- hippocampus
- hippocras
- Hippocrates
- Hippocratic oath
